US: 2001 Goldman Prize Winners Fight GreedEnvironment News ServiceApril 23rd, 2001The Goldman Environmental Prize for North America goes this year to Akre and Wilson. Winners in five other geographic areas are honored too with the world's largest prize for environmental activists.

Turkey: Anti-Mining Activist Jailedby Jon Gorvett, Environment News ServiceMarch 30th, 2001The leader of one of Turkey's longest running environmental campaigns was jailed for a year and a half this week under the country's tough anti-protest laws written by the Turkish military.

ECUADOR: Nationwide Protests End with Triumph by Indiansby Kintto Lucas, Inter Press ServiceFebruary 7th, 2001The nationwide protests or ''uprising'' by Ecuador's indigenous people that has brought much of this Andean nation to a standstill over the past two weeks ended Wednesday with the signing of a pact with President Gustavo Noboa, who agreed to lower the price of gasoline, one of the demonstrators' main demands.

TURKEY: Court Bans Cyanide Gold Process Near Ancient Townby Jon Gorvett, Environment News ServiceJanuary 16th, 2001Despite an order from the country's Supreme Court backing up environmentalists, the pressure is mounting this week for the reopening of a controversial mine in one of Turkey's most visited tourist areas.

PERU: Mercury from Gold Mine Dumped in TransitEnvironment News ServiceJune 16th, 2000Eight people have been hospitalized including a woman in critical condition following a mercury spill near the Minera Yanacocha mine, 600 kilometers (375 miles) north of Lima, Peru.

SRI LANKA: Massive Protest Against US Mining ProjectInter Press ServiceMarch 30th, 2000Scientists, trade unionists and priests joined farmers from a northeast Sri Lanka village on Thursday in a massive protest in the capital against government plans to hand over phosphate mines to a US-based transnational company (TNC).

ZAMBIA: Environmentalists Caution New Mine InvestorsThe Times of Zambia (Lusaka)March 6th, 2000A non-governmental organisation has cautioned the new mine investors not to willfully pollute the environment despite a bill which indemnifies them from litigation against environmental degradation. Citizens for a better environment, a Kitwe based NGO, warned that should the new mines violate the rights of the people to a clean environment, they would face the wrath of the public.

US: Vermiculite Products Could Expose Consumers to Asbestosby Cat Lazaroff, Environment News ServiceFebruary 15th, 2000The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether products made from vermiculite could expose consumers to asbestos. Preliminary test results on common household products indicate that a particularly lethal form of asbestos fibers contaminates some attic insulation, but researchers do not yet know whether normal use of these products could endanger consumers.

The Mexican Version of Pulpwood Plantationsby Alejandro Villamar, World Rainforest Movement BulletinAugust 1st, 1998In response to pressure from the maquiladora industry, the Mexican government is now paving the way for the large-scale pulpwood plantations in order to provide industry with raw material to produce cheap pulp and paper.